Tag Archives: Politics

FREDERICTON - Come September teachers in New Brunswick will get more authority to limit the use of cellphones in schools. During class time teachers will have students put their cellphones on silent m...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration plans to propose a new rule Thursday aimed at speeding up the asylum claims process for some migrants - a potential prelude to broader actions from President...

EDMONTON - Candidates vying to be the next leader of Alberta's Opposition NDP want answers from presumed front-runner Naheed Nenshi about a five-year-old letter that they say signals he is anti-union....

ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia man has been indicted on murder charges by grand jurors who said he intended to rape a nursing student whose body was found near a running trail on the University of Georgia c...

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year. Their efforts came to nothing. Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday vetoed a two-year pause in a sales tax ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Young Black lawyers and law students are taking on a new role ahead of the general election: Meeting with Black voters in battleground states to increase turnout and serve as watchdo...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A group of Tennesseans who say they were intimidated into not voting in a primary election or were threatened with prosecution after they did vote has filed a legal challenge t...

OTTAWA - Longtime Ottawa journalist Joyce Napier is headed to the Vatican as Canada's new ambassador. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly announced Napier's appointment and says she will work to adva...

OTTAWA - Jewish students from major Canadian universities appeared on Parliament Hill today to raise the alarm about a rise in antisemitism on their campuses amid the Israel-Hamas war. They appeared a...

OTTAWA - A new national dental-care plan denies independent hygienists equal reimbursement for the same services offered in dentists' offices - and the federal health minister said this week he isn't ...